Re:Flutter desktop shells
by userbinator on Thursday April 25, 2019 @10:31PM
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Electron is basically "write a web app, package it with a browser, and call it a desktop app."
Ironically, Microsoft was one of the early adopters of the idea of "web technologies for desktop apps":
I’m a company of one and I care about quality. I’ve shipped native apps for Mac, iOS and Android.
About a year ago I began work on Label LIVE, an Electron app to interface with thermal label printers. It’s not perfect but it fills a niche. It wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for Electron. Check out the video or download and give it a try. http://label.live
From my perspective as a user, Electron apps are for companies who don’t really care much about quality and are too cheap and lazy to write native apps. YMMV.